An object that was born around another star, drifted through interstellar space for longer than the Sun has existed, and ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and beyond. Reading time 9 minutes 2024 was s huge year for our understanding of ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to multiple wonders. There is our biggest star, VY Canis Majoris, the column-like structures known as the Pillars of Creation, and, in the middle of it all, a ...

The Solar System seems calm, but that tranquility is more fragile than it appears. Now imagine one day looking up and ...

One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the Solar System. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was ...